Jersey Shore Chronicles, Day

Jersey Shore Chronicles, Day 1 - Saturday

6:35 pm PST
I leave home to see Twelfth Night at SCT. I have been frantically packing and cleaning and calling dog-sitters and doing laundry all day, and I am ready to shoot myself. Then, of course, I hit every red light all the way down Denny and get stuck behind a granny, next to a granny, in front of a granny. I am boxed in by grannies.

6:55 pm PST
I get to 2nd and Thomas with five minutes to spare… and have to drive around for ten minutes before I finally give up and park in the SCT loading dock. I miss the opening musical bit of the show. I feel bad for letting my boyfriend down by showing up late to see the closing night of the show he AD’d. Plus, I forgot my glasses, so I’m squinting the whole time. Stupid, stupid.

8:15 pm PST
I arrive home, and begin frantically packing and cleaning and panicking. We are picking up Benlau in an hour and a half. Jesus Christ this place is a mess… and why do the dogs insist on eating my feminine products?

8:30 pm PST
Bill arrives home. I put him to work. I ask him if I am allowed to leave my Velvet Rut script at home - and thankfully, he says yes. I stick it somewhere I don’t have to look at it while packing. Bill decides he needs Mike Janus’ phone number. He doesn’t have it. He discovers that I have Alex Moros’ phone number. He freaks out. He calls Alex. Alex is not home (by which I mean, he is not answering his cell.)

9:30 pm PST
We are not packed yet.
We are picking up Benlau in 15 minutes, supposedly.
Alex calls us.
Bill talks to him for 15 minutes.
I yell at Bill.
He gets off the phone.

9:45 pm PST
Benlau calls.
“You guys haven’t left yet?”

10:10 pm PST

We arrive at Benlau’s house.
Bill drives like a madman.
I realize I’ve left my glasses on the kitchen counter at home. sigh.

10:35 pm PST
We arrive at SeaTac.

11:30 pm PST
We climb on plane.
We are very tired, and this is only the beginning.